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Budgets eats: partaking in Pembrokeshirehttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/jul/11/budgets-eats-pembrokeshire
We're looking for the best budget eats in Pembrokeshire. Can you help? <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/jul/11/pembrokeshire-top-10-budget-restaurants">Review our chosen 10 here</a>, then have your say<p>Croeso! For this month our regular <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/britains-best-budget-eats">budget eats series</a> goes west, to Wales, and <a href="http://www.visitpembrokeshire.com/">Pembrokeshire</a> in particular, in search of good places to eat for under £10 a head.</p><p>I concentrated on St Davids and south Pembrokeshire in collating my 10, which includes the <a href="http://cwtchrestaurant.co.uk/menus/lunchtime-menu.pdf">daytime menu (pdf)</a> at <a href="http://www.cwtchrestaurant.co.uk">Cwtch</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Sound-Cafe/276058165795467">the Sound</a>, <a href="http://www.ultracomida.co.uk/">Ultracomida</a>, the new-look <a href="http://www.thecambrianinn.co.uk/">Cambrian Inn</a>, <a href="http://www.thegeorges.uk.com/">The Georges</a>, <a href="http://www.plumvanilla.com/">Plum Vanilla</a> and a selection of <a href="http://www.somethingscooking.net/">good local chippies</a>, but we're relying on you to add further suggestions from across wider Pembrokeshire.<br><br>Should <a href="http://www.stdavidsrefectory.co.uk/">the Refectory</a> at St Davids cathedral be on this list? The <a href="http://www.farmersstdavids.co.uk/">Farmers Arms</a>? The Quayside Cafe at Lawrenny? Or the <a href="http://www.siwgreisin.co.uk/">Siwgr Eisin</a> cake shop in Narberth? If you think so, please make your case. And while we're at it, I'd also be interested in any locals' recommendations of the best places along the coast - usually tiny operations in people's houses - to pick up dressed crab and crab sandwiches. Is it Mo's in Roch? Or that bungalow in Porthgain? </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/jul/11/budgets-eats-pembrokeshire">Continue reading...</a>Food & drinkLife and styleWales holidaysFood and drinkPembrokeshire holidaysWed, 11 Jul 2012 09:35:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/jul/11/budgets-eats-pembrokeshirePhotograph: AlamyA surf school on Whitesands beach - there are plenty of ways to work up an appetite in Pembrokeshire. Photograph: AlamyPhotograph: AlamyA surf school on Whitesands beach - there are plenty of ways to work up an appetite in Pembrokeshire. Photograph: AlamyTony Naylor2012-07-11T09:35:00ZBudget eats Harrogate: haute or not of note?https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/may/02/budget-eats-harrogate
We're looking for the best budget eats in that top North Yorkshire day-trip destination, Harrogate. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/may/02/top-10-harrogate-cheap-restaurants">Scrutinise our top 10</a>, then have your twopenneth here<p>Another month, another budget eats 10. This time out, the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/britains-best-budget-eats">Guardian Travel series</a> - a national hunt for the best places to eat for under £10-a-head - is in <a href="http://www.yorkshire.com/places/harrogate">Harrogate</a>, Yorkshire, home to <a href="http://www.bettys.co.uk/bettys_harrogate.aspx">Bettys Tea Rooms</a> (which, perhaps taking my life in my hands, I didn't include) and, thankfully, much more besides.</p><p>On the Bettys front, it is a <a href="http://www.qype.co.uk/place/82147-Bettys-Cafe-Harrogate">much-loved institution</a>, and like many iconic venues, it trades - <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g187046-d1011681-Reviews-Bettys_Cafe_Tea_Rooms_Harrogate-Harrogate_North_Yorkshire_England.html">as far as I am concerned</a> - on former glories, on a simulacrum of inter-war tea room gentility, rather than actual quality food. It is not bad exactly, but historically I have eaten steadfastly OK food there at prices (that'll be £6.50 to £7.95 for an open sandwich, <a href="http://www.bettys.co.uk/menus.aspx">please</a>) which made my eyes water. And that is after queuing as well. It doesn't warrant the hassle or expenditure. This, I realise, will be <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/reviews/bettys-harrogate-1-parliament-street-harrogate-2112037.html">heresy to many</a>. Judging by the packed tables, I am in a minority of one. But there you go.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/may/02/budget-eats-harrogate">Continue reading...</a>Food & drinkLife and styleYorkshire holidaysFood and drinkWed, 02 May 2012 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/may/02/budget-eats-harrogatePhotograph: Gary Calton/ObserverFodder food store on the edge of Harrogate - worth a visit? Photograph: Gary Calton for the ObserverPhotograph: Gary Calton/ObserverFodder food store on the edge of Harrogate - worth a visit? Photograph: Gary Calton for the ObserverTony Naylor2012-05-02T09:00:00ZThe best London Olympics budget eats: a dining decathlonhttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/apr/18/the-best-london-olympics-budget-eats
We're looking for the best budget eats around the main Olympic venues in Wembley, Greenwich, Stratford and Docklands. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/travelfoodanddrink">Browse our top 10s on Guardian Travel</a>, then have your say<p>You want Olympic legacy projects? We got 'em. Yes, in preparation for the descent of hundreds of thousands of gullible tourists upon London, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel">Guardian Travel</a> dispatched a crack team - of, erm, me - to the areas around each Olympic venue to try and find, in each case, 10 venues where you can eat well <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/britains-best-budget-eats">for under £10 a head</a>. </p><p>Using the following links, you can review my choices in and around <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/apr/18/top-10-budget-restaurants-wembley-london">Wembley</a>, the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/apr/18/top-10-budget-restaurants-excel-east-london">ExCeL centre and Canning Town</a>, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/apr/18/top-10-greenwich-london-restaurants">Greenwich</a> and the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/apr/18/top-10-budget-london-restaurants-olympic-stadium">main stadium</a>. More importantly, we'd like your contributions. Forget <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/sep/11/westfield-stratford-city-shopping-review">Westfield Stratford City</a>, together we can turn this budget eating guide into the most useful ongoing resource to emerge from London 2012.<br><br>OK, I exaggerate for feeble comic effect, but this is a rare opportunity to throw the spotlight on to some less-examined parts of London. As a northerner, I'm used to complaining about London media bias. After this project, perhaps I should talk more specifically about inner London media bias. To the mainstream media it seems outer London is another country, while, in London's poorer boroughs, there is a sharp drop-off in the number of bloggers scrutinising the local food scene, enthusiasts reporting back to Qype, and little action from yer self-selecting social media chatterati. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/apr/18/the-best-london-olympics-budget-eats">Continue reading...</a>Food & drinkLife and styleOlympic Games 2012Food and drinkTravelLondon holidaysBudget travelRestaurantsEngland holidaysOlympic GamesWed, 18 Apr 2012 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/apr/18/the-best-london-olympics-budget-eatsPhotograph: PAThe Olympic Stadium, London. Photograph: PAPhotograph: PAThe Olympic Stadium, London. Photograph: PATony Naylor2012-04-18T11:00:00ZBudget eats: digesting the Lake Districthttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/mar/28/budget-eats-lake-district
We're on the hunt for the best budget eats in Cumbria and the Lakes. Do you know a gem off the tourist map? <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/mar/28/top-10-lake-district-cheap-restaurants">Review our top 10</a> and share your thoughts<p>This month our <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/series/britains-best-budget-eats">budget eats</a> series - an attempt to map Britain in good, affordable grub - heads north to <a href="http://www.golakes.co.uk/">Cumbria and the Lakes</a>. </p><p>It is a part of the world characterised, not entirely unfairly, as fusty, old fashioned and expensive. A place to toggle between quaint tea rooms and posh restaurants, where food evolves slowly. And that's just the better places. A ready supply of often undiscriminating tourists means that, in the Lakes heartland particularly, many venues barely try. Instead, they are happy to knock out safe, so-so food at sometimes startling prices. This is the land of the £7 jacket potato, tuna mayo sandwiches served with crisps, minute steaks, sweet chilli chicken, and breaded brie. It seems there is a Caesar salad, fish 'n' chips, and a steak 'n' ale pie on every menu. By law. <br><br>Which isn't to say that there aren't brilliant places in Cumbria - you can review my 10, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/mar/28/top-10-lake-district-cheap-restaurants">here</a>. But, in all honesty, they are pretty hard to find. The area is not alone in this. Tourist hotspots are often perversely difficult when it comes to collating these budget guides. York is another good example.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/mar/28/budget-eats-lake-district">Continue reading...</a>RestaurantsPubsFood & drinkLife and styleLake District holidaysWed, 28 Mar 2012 10:40:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/mar/28/budget-eats-lake-districtPhotograph: PRZeffirellis, Ambleside - overrated?Photograph: PRZeffirellis, Ambleside - overrated?Tony Naylor2012-03-28T10:40:00ZCheltenham & Gloucester: budget eats you can bank onhttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/jan/31/cheltenham-gloucester-budget-eats
We're looking for the best budget eats in Cheltenham and Gloucester. Can you help? <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/jan/31/cheltenahm-gloucester-top-10-budget-restaurants">Review our chosen 10</a>, then have your say on the Word of Mouth blog<p>Calling the <a href="http://www.cotswolds.com/">Cotswolds</a>! Shout out to <a href="http://www.stroudbrewery.co.uk/">Stroud</a>! Big up Stow-on-the-Wold! Yes, the Guardian's <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/britains-best-budget-eats">crack squad of cheap chow aficionados</a> (that'll be me, then) has been busy running the gastronomic rule over <a href="http://www.visitcheltenham.com/">Cheltenham</a> and <a href="http://www.thecityofgloucester.co.uk/">Gloucester</a>, in a bid to find a variety of venues where visitors can eat well, on a budget, between race meetings and cathedral tours.</p><p>Regular <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth">Word of Mouth</a> readers will know the drill by now: you need to be able to eat for under £10 a head. That means the list might range from a sensational chippy or sandwich shop to a great gastropub or a good restaurant that does a notably cheap lunch. You can review my choices in Gloucester and Cheltenham <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/jan/31/cheltenahm-gloucester-top-10-budget-restaurants">here</a>. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/jan/31/cheltenham-gloucester-budget-eats">Continue reading...</a>Food & drinkLife and styleTue, 31 Jan 2012 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/jan/31/cheltenham-gloucester-budget-eatsPhotograph: PRTea and cakes at Cafe El Bahdja, Gloucester.Photograph: PRTea and cakes at Cafe El Bahdja, Gloucester.Tony Naylor2012-01-31T10:00:00ZBudget eats: lunching and munching in Lancasterhttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/dec/14/budget-eats-doing-lunch-in-lancaster
We're looking for the best budget nosebag in Lancashire's county town. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/dec/14/lancaster-top-10-budget-cafes-restaurants">Chew over our chosen 10</a>, then suggest where else is good to eat in Lancaster for under £10 a head<p>Unlike its neighbour, <a href="http://www.yorkshire.com/">Yorkshire</a>, modern Lancashire has no overt cohesive county identity. It <a href="http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/opinion/9389469.Lancashire_Day_is_worth_shouting_about/">does little</a> to <a href="http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/news/pendle/9388899.Lancashire_Day__Nelson_leads_the_way_in_Red_Rose_celebration/">assert itself</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire_Day">Compared</a> to <a href="http://www.yorkshiredayfestival.co.uk/">the</a> noisy <a href="http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/around-yorkshire/local-stories/yorkshire_day_pride_shines_through_as_region_creates_symphony_of_celebration_1_2583120">celebrations</a> over <a href="http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/yorkshire_day_what_the_county_means_to_our_famous_folk_video_1_3634571">the border</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire_Day">Lancashire Day</a> is a relative <a href="http://www.fylde.gov.uk/news/2011/nov/22112011lancashire/">non-event</a>. York has energetically embedded itself as a <a href="http://www.visityork.org/">premier tourist destination</a>. In contrast, <a href="http://www.citycoastcountryside.co.uk/lancaster-city">Lancaster</a> is that place that you drive past on the way to the Lakes.<br><br>In a way, such understatement is admirable. Where Yorkshire's <a href="http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/features/once_in_yorkshire_forever_in_yorkshire_1_2547255">muscular regional pride</a> suggests a certain insecurity, Lancashire seems at ease with itself. It is a county content with its lot, confident of its charms. Lancaster, in particular, seems unwilling to aggressively force itself on anyone. Perhaps it should. The downside of such modesty is that, prior to writing this piece, I - a Mancunian and therefore a de facto Lancastrian - had never felt compelled to visit the county capital, a city of considerable charm which, certainly in food terms, has plenty to recommend it.</p><p>In writing the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/series/britains-best-budget-eats">budget eats series</a> - in which we're gradually mapping Britain in good, affordable grub - there are towns and cities that shine and places that are like pulling teeth. There is little logic to it. Places with an established "posh" restaurant circuit and a renowned gastronomic reputation are often hard work, as are tourist hotspots, while places like Lancaster, which largely fly under the radar, can provide a wealth of places where you can eat well for under £10 a head.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/dec/14/budget-eats-doing-lunch-in-lancaster">Continue reading...</a>Food & drinkLife and styleWed, 14 Dec 2011 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/dec/14/budget-eats-doing-lunch-in-lancasterPhotograph: PRThe Music Room, Lancaster.Photograph: PRThe Music Room, Lancaster.Tony Naylor2011-12-14T11:00:00ZBudget eats in Plymouthhttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/nov/15/budget-eats-in-plymouth
We're looking for the best parsimonious pabulum in Plymouth. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/nov/15/plymouth-top-10-budget-cafes-restaurants">Read our top 10 here</a> and tell us where we've missed<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/nov/15/plymouth-top-10-budget-cafes-restaurants">• Top 10 budget eats in Plymouth</a><p>Next up in our <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/britains-best-budget-eats">regular budget eats series</a> - the round-Britain quest for low-cost, high quality nosh - is <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/nov/15/plymouth-top-10-budget-cafes-restaurants">Devon's largest city, the port of Plymouth</a>. As always, the idea is to seek out places that serve great food for under a tenner a head; it could be any kind of food from bar-snack tapas or a deli sandwich to lunch at a smart restaurant, but it's got to be good value. </p><p>I must admit, I thought Plymouth would be a doddle. Aside from 10 miles of waterfront, the city has a large student population; in tourism marketing speak, it boasts a "café culture"; with the Tamar Valley, Dartmoor, the South Hams and the coast of south-east Cornwall within half an hour's drive, it has access to fantastic produce; and it has a mission to become the UK's first "sustainable food city". But on the ground, I found that Plymouth's recently coined title "<a href="http://www.20thcenturycity.org.uk/">20th Century City</a>", doesn't just cover the post-war architecture. The search for 10 worthy places proved quite a challenge. <br><br>I persevered, but half way through the research process it was something of a relief to hear that Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall was to open his second <a href="http://www.rivercottage.net/canteens/plymouth/">River Cottage Canteen in Plymouth</a> on 15 November. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-15302637">Gary Rhodes has also announced plans</a> to open a waterfront restaurant on the Hoe (it opens, we think, in July 2012). Suddenly, Plymouth is trumpeting its status as "Britain's new gourmet hotspot".</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/nov/15/budget-eats-in-plymouth">Continue reading...</a>Food & drinkLife and stylePlymouthTue, 15 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/nov/15/budget-eats-in-plymouthPhotograph: PRInside the River Cottage Canteen in Plymouth.Photograph: PRInside the River Cottage Canteen in Plymouth.Lesley Gillilan2011-11-15T06:00:00ZExeter & Topsham: a diet of deals in Devonhttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/oct/10/budget-eats-exeter-topsham
This month we're looking at eating for under a tenner in Exeter and Topsham. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/oct/10/exeter-top-10-budget-cafes-restaurants">Review our choices</a> and tell us where we've missed<p>This month, our <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/series/britains-best-budget-eats">budget eats series</a> - an ongoing effort to map Britain through the medium of superb cheap chow - focuses its attention on that often overlooked gateway to Devon, <a href="http://www.heartofdevon.com/">Exeter</a> and its attractive next door neighbour, Topsham.</p><p>For those of you who haven't been following this experiment in cartography, sausage rolls and chronic indigestion, the deal is that we're looking for places where you can eat well for under £10 a head. That might include anywhere from an amazing bakery / cafe to a smart restaurant offering a bargain set lunch, but you've got to be able to eat there for under a tenner.<br><br>Following the usual mixture of detailed research, dizziness and meat-sweats, I settled, this month, on a 10 - you can review it, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/oct/10/exeter-top-10-budget-cafes-restaurants">here</a> - that includes the <a href="http://www.explodingbakery.com/The_Exploding_Bakery.html">Exploding Bakery</a>, the <a href="http://www.qype.co.uk/place/164485-The-Plant-Exeter">Plant</a>, <a href="http://www.bostonteaparty.co.uk/">Boston Tea Party</a>, the <a href="http://www.cheffers.co.uk/bridge.html">Bridge Inn</a>, <a href="http://broadwayhouse.com/">Georgian Tea Rooms</a> and - of course - the mighty <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/sep/25/fish-shed-topsham-devon-review">Fish Shed</a>. But, as ever, I am but one man, eating against the clock, so there are bound to be places that I either missed or couldn't squeeze onto my list, which is where you come in.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/oct/10/budget-eats-exeter-topsham">Continue reading...</a>Food & drinkLife and styleExeter holidaysDevon holidaysUnited Kingdom holidaysFood and drinkMon, 10 Oct 2011 12:05:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/oct/10/budget-eats-exeter-topshamPhotograph: Mark Sykes/AlamyEating in the cathedral close in Exeter. Photograph: Mark Sykes/AlamyPhotograph: Mark Sykes/AlamyEating in the cathedral close in Exeter. Photograph: Mark Sykes/AlamyTony Naylor2011-10-10T12:05:00ZNorwich: best budget nosebaghttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/sep/08/norwich-best-budget-nosebag
We're looking for the best budget eats in Norwich. Can you help? <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/sep/08/norwich-top-10-budget-cafes-restaurants">Scrutinise our top 10 here</a> and tell us what we've missed<p>Who knew, frankly, who knew? That <a href="http://www.visitnorwich.co.uk/">Norwich</a> - a city primarily associated with <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/apr/27/alan-partridge-film-steve-coogan">Alan Partridge</a> and <a href="http://www.deliascanarycatering.com/yellows.php">Delia Smith</a> - was so damn cool? </p><p>Local proprietors may complain about rental costs in the city centre (as one did to me), but Norwich's streets and its maze of ancient "lanes" are remarkably full of independent shops and interesting places to eat and drink. I counted at least four new and second-hand record shops, while, for those interested in what I can only describe - summoning my inner <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/jul/23/architecture.comment">Pevsner</a> - as old shit, there is tonnes of it: there seems to a medieval church on every second corner and one street, <a href="http://www.visitnorwich.co.uk/popup.aspx?i=879&amp;et=1">Elm Hill</a>, has, I'm told, more Tudor buildings on it than the whole of London combined. Suck on that, metropolitan elite!<br><br>The local food and drink scene is similarly vibrant. Naturally, compiling the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/britains-best-budget-eats">"budget eats" series</a> - in which we're mapping Britain's best places to eat, for under a tenner - can be a bit of a slog. In many towns and cities, Britain's food revolution is far from secure. The local, seasonal activists are isolated, and you have to question and search, and eat and eat, to find the good stuff.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/sep/08/norwich-best-budget-nosebag">Continue reading...</a>Food & drinkLife and styleThu, 08 Sep 2011 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/sep/08/norwich-best-budget-nosebagPhotograph: AlamyNorwich Guildhall and market. Photograph: AlamyPhotograph: AlamyNorwich Guildhall and market. Photograph: AlamyTony Naylor2011-09-08T09:00:00ZBudget eats: taking a bite out of Swansea Bayhttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/aug/19/budget-eats-swansea
We're looking for the best places to eat well and cheaply in Swansea, Mumbles and the wider Gower. Can you help?<p>It's newly promoted <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/swansea">Swansea City's</a> first Premiership home game on 20 August, so, with the city about to see an influx of new away fans, and the wider Gower peninsula currently mobbed-out with tourists, it seems like an opportune moment to run the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/britains-best-budget-eats">budget eats</a> rule over <a href="http://visitswanseabay.com/">Swansea Bay</a>.</p><p>For those of you that haven't been following the budget series, this is our ongoing attempt to winkle out the best places to eat for under £10 a head, in various locations across Britain. You can review our Swansea 10, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/aug/19/swansea-top-10-budget-eats">here</a>, and then have your say - and share your tips - below.<br><br>In Swansea and Mumbles' case, I saw fit to include the likes of the <a href="http://www.bangkokcafe.co.uk/">Bangkok Cafe</a>, One Shoe, the <a href="http://www.thekitchentablecafe.co.uk/Home.html">Kitchen Table</a>, Punjabi Tiffin on <a href="http://www.swanseaindoormarket.co.uk/content/public/Main/WelcometoSwanseaMarketOnline.aspx">Swansea Market</a> and <a href="http://www.qype.co.uk/place/217218-Govindas-Restaurant-Swansea">Govinda's</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/aug/19/budget-eats-swansea">Continue reading...</a>Food & drinkLife and styleWales holidaysTravelFri, 19 Aug 2011 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/aug/19/budget-eats-swanseaPhotograph: Keith Morris/AlamyThe Ice House cafe bar, Swansea. Photograph: Keith Morris/AlamyPhotograph: Keith Morris/AlamyThe Ice House cafe bar, Swansea. Photograph: Keith Morris/AlamyTony Naylor2011-08-19T09:00:00ZThe big Belfast budget bingehttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/jul/07/the-big-belfast-budget-binge
We're looking for the best budget grub in Belfast. Can you help? <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/jul/07/belfast-budget-restaurants">Digest our 10</a>, then fill in the gustatory gaps<p>As Word of Mouth's regulars <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/may/27/best-budget-eats-bradford">may know</a>, we are currently attempting to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/britains-best-budget-eats">map Britain via the medium of budget eateries</a>. This month, it is <a href="http://www.gotobelfast.com/">Belfast</a> that is undergoing this unusual cartographic treatment.</p><p>We're looking for places where you can eat well - anything from a superior snack to a full meal - for under £10. In Belfast's case, this was an opportunity to look beyond the city's food headlines, beyond <a href="http://www.jamesstreetsouth.co.uk/index.php">James Street South</a>, <a href="http://www.cayenne-restaurant.co.uk/">Paul Rankin</a> and Michael Deane's <a href="http://www.michaeldeane.co.uk/">ever-expanding epicurean empire</a>, to see whether or not the city's grassroots are just as healthy. Happily, they are. Indeed, there is so much going on in Belfast that it was too much for one man to digest in a mere 24 hours, which is where this blogpost comes in.<br><br><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/jul/07/belfast-budget-restaurants">You can review my chosen 10 here</a>. It includes the likes of <a href="http://www.rocketandrelish.com/r%26r_web_site_shop/Menu.html">Rocket &amp; Relish</a>, the <a href="http://www.thejohnhewitt.com/">John Hewitt</a>, <a href="http://www.cafeconor.com/site/default.asp?secid=home">Cafe Conor</a>, the <a href="http://www.mollysyard.co.uk/menus/bistrospring2011.pdf">bistro menu (pdf)</a> at Molly's Yard and <a href="http://www.commongrounds.co.uk/">Common Grounds</a>, but where else do you think should have been on that list? Where would you suggest a newcomer try those touchstones of the Belfast diet: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_stew">Irish stew</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_breakfast#Ulster_Fry">Ulster Fry</a> and the ubiquitous seafood chowder? If - like the organisers of <a href="http://www.kabosh.net/">Belfast Bred</a> (Kabosh's unique theatrical gastro-tour of the city) - you were guiding a group of visitors from Donegall Street to Botanic Avenue, where would you eat?</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/jul/07/the-big-belfast-budget-binge">Continue reading...</a>Food & drinkLife and styleBelfast holidaysBelfastThu, 07 Jul 2011 08:25:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/jul/07/the-big-belfast-budget-bingePhotograph: AlamyBelfast City Hall in 2009. Photograph: AlamyPhotograph: AlamyBelfast City Hall in 2009. Photograph: AlamyTony Naylor2011-07-07T08:25:00Z